> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.lomaplatform.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quickstart

> Getting started with LOMA's vendor API

The LOMA vendor API is a RESTful API for vendors that allows you to manage orders and their resulting KPIs and files.

## Authentication

To authenticate requests made to the API, your API Key should be passed in the `API-Key` header formatted as `KEY_ID:KEY_SECRET`.

```ts theme={null}
headers: {
  "API-Key": "KEY_ID:KEY_SECRET"
}
```

### Creating API Keys

Vendors can create API keys by navigating to the "API Keys" section in the settings page.

<img className="rounded-2xl border-2 border-neutral-300" src="https://mintcdn.com/loma/IL_04fjseRlgpTMN/images/vendor-api/api-keys.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=IL_04fjseRlgpTMN&q=85&s=f08c40e606e1aee01b3203844e549e21" width="2360" height="1640" data-path="images/vendor-api/api-keys.png" />

## API Endpoints

Check out the available API endpoints, or you can view the OpenAPI specification file.

<Note>
  The base URL for all endpoints is [https://console.lomaplatform.com](https://console.lomaplatform.com)
</Note>

<CardGroup>
  <Card title="API Endpoints" icon="server" href="/vendor-api/orders/list-orders">
    Check out the API endpoints.
  </Card>

  <Card title="OpenAPI Specification" icon="leaf" href="https://console.lomaplatform.com/api/vendor/v1/openapi">
    View the OpenAPI specification file.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>